The Spatial AKA Orchestra / Nelson Mandela (Channel 4 News)

The Specials founding member Jerry Dammers has paid tribute to Nelson Mandela with a unique instrumental performance of his 1984 track, Free Nelson Mandela. The song, originally performed by The Special AKA, became a rallying call for the global movement demanding Mandela's release from prison, which was granted in 1990 amid civil unrest in his native South Africa.

Dammers gathered his current ensemble, the Spatial AKA Orchestra, to perform a special rendition of the track on Britain's Channel 4 news on Friday night, a day after the political hero passed away at the age of 95.

Writing in the Daily Mirror newspaper following Mandela's death on Thursday night, Dammers stated, "I hope Free Nelson Mandela is still a rallying cry and people can relate to what it stood for, because one of the best ways we could remember Nelson Mandela is to listen to what he actually said.

A lot of politicians are going to pay tribute to him, but if they actually listened to what he said, about freeing people from the prison of poverty, and acted on it, that would be the best tribute of all." The civil rights icon served 27 years in prison after he was convicted of conspiracy to overthrow the government following a sabotage campaign calling for an end to apartheid.



Nelson Mandela

1918 - 2013

Stan Campbell / Stan Campbell (Edsel) 02/12/13

Stan Campbell first came to prominence as the lead vocalist on the classic "Free Nelson Mandela" single by The Special AKA in 1984, one of the all-time great protest songs.

Having left the band, he was signed to a solo deal by WEA, and recorded this one album in 1987, a mix of originals and cover versions, with a large array of musicians (including members of The Selecter, The Ruts as well as the likes of Guy Chambers and Hugh Masekela), before he disappeared from public view.

In this edition, expanded to include the six non-album singles A- and B-sides, Alan Robinson's lengthy annotation tells the story.



The Original Album

01 Years Go By
02 Crawfish
03 Seven More Days
04 Save the World
05 Dancing Troupe
06 Little More Faith
07 You'll never Know
08 Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
09 Can't Get Enough
10 Strange Fruit

"Bonus Tracks"

11 Crawfish (Extended Version)
12 Till We Meet Again
13 Years Go By (Extended Mix)
14 Inner City Blues
15 Mad Dog Days
16 Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Edsel: EDSA5020

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For The First Time / Terry Hall (BBC 6 Music)

Matt Everitt speaks to Terry Hall about the musical moments that have shaped his life and career.



As frontman of The Specials, Terry Hall represented a detached, dry kind of cool, totally at odds with other pop stars of the time. After leaving the band at the height of their fame in 1981 Terry went on to form Fun Boy Three and The Colourfield – before embarking on a multifarious career that's seen him work with Damon Albarn, Lily Allen, Sinead O'Connor and leap from style to style in a way few artists can, while maintaining his deadpan sense of humour and own unique vocal style.

Rarely doing interviews, in this show Terry talks about his early musical loves growing up in Coventry, the early days and huge success of The Specials and the infighting and pressures that led him to quit the band. He also talks about his passions for Patti Smith, Easy Listening, working with Albarn as a member of Gorillaz and his experience suffering a breakdown ("I refused to take my duffel coats off for 18 months").

Plus, he discusses his reasons behind getting The Specials back together for their triumphant gigs in 2008 and exclusively reveals his plans to start writing songs again. :)

Sunday 20 October 2013

12.00-1.00pm

BBC RADIO 6 MUSIC

Songs Played

01 The Specials - Rat Race
02 The Specials - International Jet Set
03 Édith Piaf - La Vie En Rose (I liked Grace Jones version)
04 The Move - Fire Brigade (Always liked this one)
05 David Bowie - Kooks (Interesting)
06 Pink Floyd - Echoes (Terry's first Gig)
07 Richard Hell & Voidoids - Blank Generation (The backing vocals remind me of Fun Boy Three)
08 The Specials - Gangsters
09 The Specials - Ghost Town
10 The Specials - Blank Expression
11 The Fun Boy Three - The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum)
12 Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun (Why I Like The Colourfield)
13 Terry Hall & Mushtaq - A Gathering Storm
14 The Specials - Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)
15 Jeff Buckley - Grace (Reminds me of Terry's Home album, released the same year (1994)

Listen Again

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03f0lvc

The Specials / "Live" Klub Nokia 18/03/13

Terry Hall / Collaborations (1987-2011)

Terry Hall / Collaborations (1987-2011)



Official Releases

01 Sinead O Connor - Monkey In Winter
02 The Lightning Seeds - Sense
03 The Lightning Seeds - Where Flowers Fade
04 The Lightning Seeds - Lucky You
05 Hiroshi Fujiwara - Getting Over You
06 Salad - Dream A Little Dream Of Me
07 Tricky - Slick 66
08 Tricky - Ghost Town (Live)
09 Nearly God - Poems
10 Nearly God - Bubbles
11 Sinead O Connor - All Kinds Of Everything
12 Silent Poets - Sugar Man
13 Ian Broudie - Happy Ending Lies
14 Archive - Gangsters (Live)
15 Junkie JXL - Never Alone
16 D12 Gorillaz - 9/11
17 Dave Stewart - happy To Be Here
18 Dave Stewart - Sci Fly Album
19 Toots & The Maytals - Never Grow Old
20 Space Monkeys - Lil Dub Chefin
21 Lautrec - Things
22 Dub Pistols - Problem Is
23 Dub Pistols - Rapture
24 Dub Pistols - Gangsters
25 Dub Pistols - Running From My Thoughts
26 Dub Pistols - Peaches
27 Leila - Time To Blow
28 Leila - Why Should I ?
29 Nouvelle Vague - Our Lips Are Sealed
30 Shakespears Sister - Was It Worth It ?
31 Marina Celeste - La Femme Chat
32 Marina Celeste - Beds Are Burning
33 Marina Celeste - Two Loves
34 Marina Celeste - Do You...?

Where These Tracks Can Be Found

Tracks 1 & 11 "Collaborations" 2005
Tracks 2-3 "Sense" 1992
Track 4 "Jollification" 1996
Track 5 "Nothing Much Better To Do" 1994
Track 6 "War Child, Help Album" 1995
Track 7 "Pumpkin" 12" 1995
Track 8 "Rainbow's EP" 1995
Tracks 9-10 "Nearly God 1996
Track 12 "To Come" 2001
Track 13 "Purley Belter" 2000
Track 14 "Archive" 2002
Track 15 "A Broadcast From The Computer Hell Cabin" 2003
Track 16 "Bad Company Soundtrack" 2002
Track 17 "Sci Fly" 1999
Track 19 "True Love" 2004
Track 20 "Laika Come Home" 2002
Track 21 "CD Single" 2004
Track 22 "Six Million To Live" 2005
Tracks 23-26 "Speakers and Tweeters" 2007
Tracks 27-28 "Blood, Looms and Blooms" 2008
Track 29 "Nouvelle Vague 3" 2008
Track 30 "Songs From The Red Room 2009
Tracks 31-34 "The Angel Of Pop" 2011

The Specials / Nite Klub (Hype Hotel) 14/03/13

Watch the full video at Baeblemusic.com

The Specials / Colchester Institute, Essex 1979

The Specials
Rock Goes To College 1980
Colchester Institute, Essex

First broadcast : 21/01/80
44:28 Minutes



Setlist :)

01 intro
02 Do the Dog
03 Monkey Man
04 Rat Race
05 Blank Expression
06 Rude Boys Outa Jail
07 Doesn’t make it Alright
08 Concrete Jungle
09 Too Much Too Young
10 Guns of Navarone
11 Nite Klub
12 Gangsters
13 Longshot Kick de Bucket
14 Madness
15 You’re Wondering Now

Link

http://textsnip.com/my/TheSpecialsRGTC_FF

Neville Staple / Police and Thieves (2012)

With the amazing success of London 2012 and all of the fantastic olympic stories coming from our capital, it’s easy to forget that it’s only been a year since the terrible riots that rocked London and many other UK cities. Ska legend, Neville Staple of The Specials experienced some of the chaos and destruction at first hand and was inspired to record his own version of the Junior Murvin Reggae classic, “Police and Thieves” (also covered by The Clash) with co-contributor, Leee John.



MGL Media and Indigo Blue Media were recently commissioned to create a music video that would reflect the social relevance of the song’s lyric and compliment Neville’s unique arrangement of the track. Due to their busy schedules and work commitments, Neville’s and Leee’s filming took place over 2 separate days and in different locations – Neville within a studio environment and Leee John performed the track around the street’s of Harlesden, where many of the London riots had taken place.

The performance footage was intercut with projection and physical fire effects to create a promo that really captures the feel of the track.

It was an honour to work with someone of Neville’s stature and great to help to create something positive from the violence and disruption that blighted our towns and cities last Summer. As ever, we would love your feedback on the video, so feel free to retweet, share and get in touch. Now let’s celebrate how far we’ve come and get back to watching Team GB win some more medals!

http://www.mglmedia.tv/music-video/police-and-thieves-in-the-street-neville-staple-music-video